2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

As I enjoyed last year's reading challenges so much and found I read more, I've decided to give them another go in 2016!

I managed to reach and surpass my goal of 30 books in one year but unfortunately, didn't manage to complete the A-Z Challenge (needed only 2 letters!).

This year, I'm going to push myself harder in the personal challenge with a set goal of 50 books in 2016. I'm also going to participate in the A-Z Challenge: Character Edition and the I-Spy: Book Titles Edition.

My Personal Challenge of 50 Books in 2016

After reaching last year's personal goal of 30 books in 2015, I thought I'd push myself harder this year and aim for 50! I'm already excited to get going this year!

1. 'The Death Cure' by James Dashner - read 6th January
2. 'The Ice Twins' by S.K. Tremayne - read 7th January
3. 'The Good Girl' by Mary Kubica - read 12th January
4. 'The Third Wife' by Lisa Jewell - read 17th January
5. 'Big Little Lies' by Liane Moriarty - read 21st January
6. 'The Calling' by James Frey - read 27th January
7. 'Meet Me at the Cupcake Café' by Jenny Colgan - read 30th January
8. 'The Year of Taking Chances' by Lucy Diamond - read 5th February
9. 'The Book of You' by Claire Kendal - read 7th February
10. 'I Let You Go' by Clare Mackintosh - read 8th February
11. 'All the Bright Places' by Jennifer Niven - read 11th February
12. 'Little Girl Gone' by Alexandra Burt - read 17th February
13. 'The Miniaturist' by Jessie Burton - read 13th March
14. 'Nineteen Minutes' by Jodi Picoult - read on Kindle on 25th March
15. 'Divergent' by Veronica Roth - read on Kindle on 30th March
16. 'Insurgent' by Veronica Roth - read on Kindle on 1st April
17. 'The Little Kiosk by the Sea' by Jennifer Bohnet - read on Kindle on 5th April
18. 'Paper Towns' by John Green - read 7th April
19. 'Our Endless Numbered Days' by Claire Fuller - read 12th April
20. 'The Perfect Husband' by Lisa Gardner - read 15th April
21. 'Everything, Everything' by Nicola Yoon - read 19th April
22. 'A Man Called Ove' by Fredrik Backman - read on Kindle on 20th April
23. 'The Martian' by Andy Weir - read 28th April
24. 'Cinder' by Marissa Meyer - read 2nd May
25. 'In a Dark, Dark Wood' by Ruth Ware - read 6th May
26. 'The Curvy Girls Club' by Michele Gorman - read 14th May
27. 'The Sun in Her Eyes' by Paige Toon - read 17th May
28. 'The Courage Tree' by Diane Chamberlain - read on Kindle on 17th May
29. 'Bridget Jones's Diary' by Helen Fielding - read on Kindle on 22nd May
30. 'The Bees' by Laline Paull - read on Kindle on 12th June
31. 'The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet' by Becky Chambers - read 14th June
32. 'The Silent Sister' by Diane Chamberlain - read 21st June
33. 'Keeper of the Light' by Diane Chamberlain - read on Kindle on 28th June
34. 'A Song for Issy Bradley' by Carys Bray - read on 29th June
35. 'Where Rainbows End' by Cecelia Ahern - read on Kindle on 6th July
36. 'Daughter' by Jane Shemilt - read 7th July
37. 'In the Light of What We See' by Sarah Painter - read 20th July
38. 'After You' by Jojo Moyes - read 10th August
39. 'Eleanor & Park' by Rainbow Rowell - read on Kindle on 21st August
40. 'The Loney' by Andrew Michael Hurley - read 22nd August
41. 'The Cake Shop In The Garden' by Carole Matthews - read 31st August
42. 'The Art of Being Normal' by Lisa Williamson - read 4th September
43. 'Nerve' by Jeanne Ryan - read 5th September
44. 'Landline' by Rainbow Rowell - read 8th September
45. 'The Versions of Us' by Laura Barnett - read 12th September
46. 'The Girl in the Red Coat' by Kate Hamer - read 26th September
47. 'I'll Take New York' by Miranda Dickinson - read 6th October
48. 'Three Wishes' by Liane Moriarty - read on Kindle on 15th October
49. 'The Girl In The Ice' by Robert Bryndza - read on Kindle on 19th October
50. 'You' by Caroline Kepnes - read on Kindle on 21st October
51. 'The Magpies' by Mark Edwards - read on Kindle on 23rd October
52. 'Follow You Home' by Mark Edwards - read on Kindle on 25th October
53. 'The Night Stalker' by Robert Bryndza - read on Kindle on 30th October
54. 'Before I Let You In' by Jenny Blackhurst - read on Kindle on 6th November
55. 'The Ghost Fields' by Elly Griffiths - read 10th November
56. 'The Couple Next Door' by Shari Lapena - read on Kindle on 12th November
57. 'Always With Love' by Giovanna Fletcher - read 13th November
58. 'The Cure Hotel' by Ashley S. Clancy - reading on Kindle on 16th November
59. 'Don't Want to Miss a Thing' by Jill Mansell - read 27th November
60. 'Dark Water' by Robert Bryndza - read on Kindle on 7th December
61. 'Twelve Days of Christmas' by Trisha Ashley - currently reading on Kindle
62. 'Use of Weapons' by Iain M. Banks - currently reading

The A-Z Challenge: Character Edition

25/26

A - Angus Moorcroft from 'The Ice Twins' - read 7th January
B - Beatrice Prior from 'Divergent' - read 30th March
C - Clarissa from 'The Book of You' - read 7th February
D - Daniel Cleaver from 'Bridget Jones's Diary' - read 22nd May
E - Eve Dennett from 'The Good Girl' - read 12th January
F - Freddie from 'The Perfect Husband' - read 15th April
G - Gemma Bailey from 'The Year of Taking Chances' - read 5th February
H - Harriet from 'The Little Kiosk by the Sea' - read 5th April
I - Issy Randall from 'Meet Me at the Cupcake Café' - read 30th January
J - Jenna Gray from 'I Let You Go' - read 8th February
K - Kala Mozami from 'The Calling' - read 27th January
L - Lucas Trowell from 'The Courage Tree' - currently reading
M - Maya Wolfe from 'The Third Wife' - read 17th January
N - Nella Oortman from 'The Miniaturist' - read 13th March
O - Olly from 'Everything, Everything' - read 19th April
P - Peter Houghman from 'Nineteen Minutes' - read 25th March
Q - Quentin Jacobsen from 'Paper Towns' - read 7th April
R - Reuben from 'Our Endless Numbered Days' - read 12th April
S - Sonja from 'A Man Called Ove' - read 20th April
T - Thomas from 'The Death Cure' - read 6th January
U - Uriah from 'Insurgent' - read 1st April
V - Violet Markey from 'All the Bright Places' - read 11th February
W - William from 'After You' - read 10th August
X
Y - Yoska Jones from 'Daughter' - read 7th July
Z - Ziggy from 'Big Little Lies' - read 21st January

The I-Spy Challenge: Book Titles Edition

This sounds like a fun and interested one to try so am going to attempt to go for all 25 books this year!

18/25

1. Of Mice and Men
2. A Tale of Two Cities
3. Gone with the Wind - 'Little Girl Gone' - read 17th February
4. A Wrinkle in Time
5. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - 'The Courage Tree' - read 17th May
6. The Little Prince - 'Big Little Lies' - read 21st January
7. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
8. Brave New World - 'I'll Take New York' - read 6th October
9. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
10. The Joy Luck Club - 'The Curvy Girls Club' - read 14th May
11. The Diary of a Young Girl - 'Bridget Jones's Diary' - read 22nd May
12. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
13. The Book Thief - 'The Book of You' - read 7th February
14. The God of Small Things - 'The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet' - read 14th June
15. Around the World in 80 Days - 'Our Endless Numbered Days' - read 12th April
16. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - 'The Night Stalker' - read on 30th October
17. The Time Traveler's Wife - 'The Third Wife' - read 17th January
18. All Quiet on the Western Front - 'All the Bright Places' - read 11th February
19. The Old Man and the Sea - 'The Little Kiosk by the Sea' - read 5th April
20. Where the Red Fern Grows - 'Where Rainbows End' - read July 6th
21. Island of the Blue Dolphins
22. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe - 'Meet Me at the Cupcake Café' - read 30th January
23. Girl With a Pearl Earring - 'The Girl in the Red Coat' - read 26th September
24. The Call of the Wild - 'The Calling' - read 27th January
25. The Good Earth - 'The Good Girl' - read 12th January